Common MEFV mutations in Iranian Azeri Turkish patients with Behçet's disease

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 383-386

  Esmaeili, M ^a   Bonyadi, M ^a,b   Khabbazi, A ^c   Ebrahimi, A A ^c   Sharif, S K ^c   Hajialilo, M ^c   Kolahi, S ^c   Dastgiri, S ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEFV MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053406253     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2011.562532     Document Type: Article

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